Wellness & Health

Health & Well-being

When one goes to an altitude, the oxygen level in the air is low. The body quickly adapts to that by producing extra red blood cells to compensate for the increased demand for oxygen, in maintaining energy and well-being. At first, the heart beats faster, the breathing pattern changes, one’s appetite increases and the body becomes sluggish in order to help the body to cope with the reduced oxygen level in the rarefied air. After adaptation takes place with increased haemoglobin in blood, all the abnormalities are rectified. The rate of adaptation depends on one’s state of health, blood pressure, haemoglobin level, nutrition and the level of emotional stress.

Dr Ali’s High Altitude Integrated Healthcare Programme

As Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine said, there is an innate healing power in all living beings that not only protects them from illnesses but also maintains health. This self-healing power is the most important parameter of life. Thus the common cold, simple cuts, burns, fractures, diarrohea, bruises, sprains and host of illnesses are cured by this innate healing power, without the need for any medication or intervention. Similarly, body temperature, chemical or cellular composition of blood, hormone or enzyme production in the body, breathing or heart rate and the immune system are all controlled by a process called homeostasis, which is precisely is controlled by the innate healing power.

This innate healing power is nurtured by diet, exercises, massage, adequate amount of water and sound sleep.

Health and Well-being depend on the following factors :

How much you eat and how well do you eliminate

How much you work and how much do you rest

How long you stay awake and how much you sleep

How much energy you have and how tired you get at the end of the day

How quickly you heal and how easily you fall sick

How often do you get agitated and how quickly you calm down

Dr Ali has created a unique programme called Integrated Healthcare which is efficacious and safe. The circulatory, respiratory, digestive, skeleto-muscular, hormonal, immune systems as well as the emotions, sleep, feel good factor and mental calmness, are all taken into account in this programme.

The synergistic effect of different modalities of therapies, used in this programme, creates optimum health and well-being.

Shortly after arrival, our resident doctor will examine you and chalk out your plan of treatment plan. They daily programme includes walks in the plateau or mountain trails, one or two sessions of therapeutic massage as per recommendations, yoga, massage and swimming. The more active you are, the better the adaptation, which in turn boosts your body’s defence system.

The chefs prepare healthy and tasty food. As it is a health facility, excess use of sugar or salt or oil in the cooking is prohibited . Generally, buffet meals are supplied to cater to the requirements of the diet but a healthy a la carte menu is also available. However, burgers, hot curries, fast food etc will not be served in consideration of the other spa guests who are on a restricted diet.

Diet

The aim is to reduce excess secretion in stomach acid, improve digestion, and facilitate the absorption of nutrients and elimination of waste. Moreover, it ensures that the body receives adequate amount of vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

The Menu has less fat but the taste of food is enhanced by use of herbs and condiments by an expert chef in the resort.

This diet does not put restrictions on quantity: it only avoids those foods that are known to have ill effects on the body (sugar in excess, coffee, alcohol, canned products, yeast, etc.).

You can eat everything else that is not on the ‘avoid’ list, so your meals can include meat, eggs, vegetables, rice, pasta, potatoes, fish, many fruits, and non-yeast bread such as soda bread. This makes it an effortless and easy plan to follow as you can live on these things very comfortably without feeling deprived.

Therapeutic Massage

You may already know it as a pleasant relaxant, but massage plays an active role in improving the way our bodies function, working on our muscles, our senses and our brains. It is also an invaluable part of any well-being plan. If muscles become stiff due to overproduction of lactic acid or from physical strain or injury, they fail to function as well as they should. Marma massage improves the blood flow to the muscles, invigorates them and makes them capable of producing energy once more.

Massage is not only a pleasurable thing, but is also therapeutic. Touch in itself is healing. The pleasant sensation achieved after a good session of therapeutic massage is in itself good for the mind and the body, and contributes to the healing or the adjustment towards a harmonious balance.

Marma Massage is a traditional form of physical therapy used in ancient India. Certain zones or areas of the body are massaged to stimulate the nervous system and tone up the muscles. Dr Ali’s unique technique of neck massage helps to improve blood and fluid flow to the brain. This technique invigorates the central nervous system and creates the feel good factor which is the foundation of well-being.

Therapeutic Yoga

Yoga is a perfect system of linking up the mind and body. With breath control one moves the body parts to acquire a pose or asana, which aims to stretch a series of muscles and put pressure on the internal organs to stimulate focal blood supply. It is time-tested and has been proven beneficial. The breath control also requires great concentration and perseverance. Therefore, it is very meditative.

Therapeutic Meditation

As proved by science in recent times, Meditation is a perfect method of stress management, mind control, positive thinking and improving brain functions like memory, concentration, sleep, motivation, vital energy. Breath control, contemplation, concentration are useful tools to calm the body and still the mind. In today’s busy world, this has almost become a necessity for the mind.

Walking in the mountains

At an altitude of 2000 m (almost 7000 ft ), the air is thinner. When walking, the body is challenged and to compensate for the decreased level of Oxygen in the air, the body’s adaptative forces become very active. It forces the bone marrow to produce more blood cells and while doing so all the body’s defensive forces become very active. This has a cure-all effect on the body.

Walking in the mountains also increases the will power and stamina. Sportsmen and Army personnel, therefore ,train at high altitude for fitness and endurance. This phenomenon helps well-being tremendously.

Food Supplements and Teas

The day starts with Dr Ali’s Detox Tea which is useful for controlling digestive and liver functions as well as regulating candida and yeast overgrowth in the gut.

Breakfast Mewa, a delicious cereal, is the traditional Indian ancient superfood with many nutrients, vitamins and minerals present in the ingredients. It contains organic oats with dried fruits, nuts, neroli orange peels and saffron, all of which are useful as well as delicious to taste.

Himalayan Tea is collected at high altitude by local villagers. The blend is used for thousands of years by the local people for preventing illnesses and creating well-being

Gut Cleansing Gel, taken at bedtime, is useful for absorbing toxins in the gut, which otherwise could potentially cause many health problems. It also eases bowel moment which is essential for optimum health.

Jabel Al Akhdar

The Time Reversal Spa is located in building which made of locally mined fossilised rocks and therefore it blends in with the surroundings. As it is located at the edge of a deep canyon, a strong glass partition has been built there for safety. The views are spectacular, especially at sunrise and sunset.

The rooms are simple but very clean. It has facilities for teas and water is provided. We do conserve water as it is pumped to that altitude from natural springs in the mountains.

Weather :

As it is in the mountains, the temperature is never too hot during the summer months.